(01-01-2020, 12:25 PM)flgatorsandjags Wrote: (01-01-2020, 12:12 PM)Upper Wrote: This is what is going to keep us from getting Lawrence or Fields too. Teams with an FO that has some rope is going to tank much better than our white hot seat coaches that are going to be desperate to win a couple of meaningless late games to save their jobs yet again.
Lol, the best rookie QB this year wont let that happen. Especially after he improves and he gets a full training camp and a real TE along with the experience. With Minshew we lose 8 games minimum next year. We finally get a franchise QB and people still want to tank and not even try to give Minshew a chance or help lol. You have always had that loser mentality though, #tankforteddy lol
I mentioned this in another thread. But the Jags would have to perform pretty terribly to in order to have a shot at Trevor Lawrence. Probably to have a shot at Justin Fields as well. I don't think that the team could win any more than 3 games if they want a shot at drafting #1 pick. And even that might be too many games depending on how other teams perform next year. There is no guarantee that the Jags are going to draft Trevor Lawrence or Justin Fields. While it's not impossible, I don't think it's very likely.
The Jags as currently constructed are not bad enough to get the #1 draft pick next year. Granted things could happen like injuries that could change the course of a season. But this team right now isn't bad enough to lose as many games as it would take to get the #1 spot. And I think that is true whether you play Gardner or Nick. Or even Josh Dobbs. Josh might could win you at least three games. He hasn't played a bunch, so who knows what could be there with him either. So all of this talk about tanking for Lawrence may end up being in vain.
Some people including some Jags fans for whatever reason don't want to give Minshew a chance. I do think that some of it has to do with where he was drafted. And I think that some people have the attitude well if Minshew could win this many games in his rookie season, Surely other QB's (including bigger, more athletic, prototypical QB's) could do the same and better. And while some could, that isn't always the case. There are people who want to use the #9 pick on a QB, and I don't think that is the best idea.
Especially when this team has other needs they need to address first like O-line. You can draft another QB, but if he gets beaten up, what good is that going to do. And there is a lot that goes into being QB, besides stuff like size and athleticism, which are important, but not the end all. But that is largely what some people seem to care about. Without thinking as much about the other qualities and things that a QB needs to succeed.
